Immich
Self-hosted photo and video library with on-device machine learning.
Uploads and machine learning create peaks well above the idle load. The photo library itself is user data and is sized separately.
Planning figures used by the calculators: RAM 6 GB (vendor documented), CPU 2 cores (vendor documented), storage 10 GB (our estimate). These cover the application itself. Your own photos, films, documents and recordings are entered separately as data storage.
The table lists every figure we hold, what kind of claim it is, and the fragment of the archived document it came from.
Source: Immich system requirements, retrieved 2026-09-08, archived as document 1 on the sources page.
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| property | value | basis | evidence | document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| architecture | amd64 and arm64 | vendor documented | Quoted from the archived document: Immich runs on the amd64 and arm64 platforms. | Document 1, retrieved 2026-09-08 |
| cpu min cores | 2 cores | vendor documented | Quoted from the archived document: CPU: Minimum 2 cores, recommended 4 cores. | Document 1, retrieved 2026-09-08 |
| cpu plan cores | 2 cores | vendor documented | Quoted from the archived document: CPU: Minimum 2 cores, recommended 4 cores. | Document 1, retrieved 2026-09-08 |
| cpu reco cores | 4 cores | vendor recommended | Quoted from the archived document: CPU: Minimum 2 cores, recommended 4 cores. | Document 1, retrieved 2026-09-08 |
| library overhead pct | 20 % | vendor documented | Quoted from the archived document: The generation of thumbnails and transcoded video can increase the size of the photo library by 10-20% on average. | Document 1, retrieved 2026-09-08 |
| ram min gb | 6 GB | vendor documented | Quoted from the archived document: RAM: Minimum 6GB, recommended 8GB. | Document 1, retrieved 2026-09-08 |
| ram plan gb | 6 GB | vendor documented | Quoted from the archived document: RAM: Minimum 6GB, recommended 8GB. | Document 1, retrieved 2026-09-08 |
| ram reco gb | 8 GB | vendor recommended | Quoted from the archived document: RAM: Minimum 6GB, recommended 8GB. | Document 1, retrieved 2026-09-08 |
| storage plan gb | 10 GB | our estimate | Derived from the archived document: The Postgres database files are typically between 1-3 GB in size. We plan 10 GB for the container images, database and thumbnails, excluding the photo library. | Document 1, retrieved 2026-09-08 |